Transcend 8GB CF Card

Anyone have the Transcend 8GB CF card? I'm wondering if anyone has experience with it. Also, does any one know if it is solid state or microdrive? Thanks!!

Anyone have the Transcend 8GB CF card? I'm wondering if anyone has experience with it. Also, does any one know if it is solid state or microdrive? Thanks!!

I don't think Transcend makes microdrives. Only Seagate and Hitachi make them.

[Pocketbrain]

This one?
http://shop3.outpost.com/product/489...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
It's a CompactFlash flash drive.

I think it should work, but I don't own one. Yet.



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Thanks. It claims x120 which seemed to fast for a micro.

[runnr548]

and it looks tempting!

well, i bit the bullet. i'll let you know if it works. i'm thinking it should though

[reachpoohbear]

well, i bit the bullet. i'll let you know if it works. i'm thinking it should though

Tigerdirect.ca is selling it for under $200 cad: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2315944&CatId=2411

To date, this is the cheapest deal I found in Canada. Too bad I already bought the 4gb CF. I also have the transcend 4gb SD, and both of them worked fine on the X51V.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm in Europe so I'm not what the exchange rate is for the Canadian Dollar. I got it for $130 USwith FedEx for $2. I hope it's a good price.

I use a Transcend 8GB in my X51v for some months now and I have not had any problems, I'm in the UK and got mine from www.offtek.co.uk. I use it for apps, movies and music. I also use the Transcend 4GB CF and 4GB SD's

[runnr548]

Hey reachpoohbear! I just found out a few days ago that Winnie the Pooh was from CA. Cool story! The CF card looks cool too! LOL

[xnetc9]

got a 8gb trans CF, first one was bad. format and corrupted. any files copy into it will eventually be full after 200 mb of data, then fat system is damaged. format again and test, fail. any files copyied under 200 mb with a chkdsk will report corrupted lost chains.

Got a "new" 8gb trans. exchanged. Newer one works a bit better because it now copies over 200mb, however, over time, data becomes corrupted once again. chkdsk reveals lost chains. If chkdsk isn't done, then playing mp3 files will reveal bits and pieces of music being played from different files:
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1958651 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1958652 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1958653 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1958654 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1958655 corrected.
Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? y
179076 KB in 1170 recovered files.
Windows is verifying free space...
Free space verification is complete.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
8,109,096 KB total disk space.
40 KB in 1 folders.
179,076 KB in 1,170 files.
52 KB in bad sectors.
7,929,920 KB are available.

4,096 bytes in each allocation unit.
2,027,274 total allocation units on disk.
1,982,480 allocation units available on disk.

I will run further tests to figure this out?

[xnetc9]

I did a second check after copying 500 mb worth of data into the CF and ran chkdsk. Results:

Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429351 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429353 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429356 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429359 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429360 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429363 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429367 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429369 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429374 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 1429375 corrected.
Lost chain cross-linked at cluster 1485970. Orphan truncate
Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? n
1290948 KB of free disk space added.
Windows is verifying free space...
Free space verification is complete.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
8,109,096 KB total disk space.
500 KB in 1 files.
1,920 KB in bad sectors.
8,106,512 KB are available.

4,096 bytes in each allocation unit.
2,027,274 total allocation units on disk.
2,026,628 allocation units available on disk.

[xnetc9]

Before, The CF was FAT32, so now I formatted it as NTFS. I copied over about 100 mb of music and ran chkdsk. Results:
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 5)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 5)...
Correcting error in index $I30 for file 5.
Correcting error in index $I30 for file 5.
Sorting index $I30 in file 5.
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is recovering lost files.
Recovering orphaned file FINAL_~1.MP3 (27) into directory file 5.
Recovering orphaned file FINAL_~2.MP3 (28) into directory file 5.
Recovering orphaned file Final_Fantasy_(SomethingFinal)_OC_ReMix.mp3 (28) into d
irectory file 5.
Recovering orphaned file FINAL_~3.MP3 (29) into directory file 5.
Recovering orphaned file Final_Fantasy_Adventure_BegintheEndoftheBeginning_ OC_Re
Mix.mp3 (29) into directory file 5.
Recovering orphaned file Final_Fantasy_10_The_Final_Summoning_OC_ReMix.mp3 (59)
into directory file 5.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 5)...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Inserting data attribute into file 12.
Inserting data attribute into file 13.
Inserting data attribute into file 14.
Inserting data attribute into file 15.
CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...
File data verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...
Free space verification is complete.
Correcting errors in the Attribute Definition Table.
Correcting errors in the master file table's (MFT) BITMAP attribute.
Correcting errors in the Volume Bitmap.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.

8125456 KB total disk space.
138464 KB in 33 files.
32 KB in 9 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
43404 KB in use by the system.
42688 KB occupied by the log file.
7943556 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
2031364 total allocation units on disk.
1985889 allocation units available on disk.

[xnetc9]

So, I am actually using another computer with another memory card reader. I copied in a number of mp3 files and did a chkdsk..... results:
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 2027395 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 2027396 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 2027397 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 2027398 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 2027399 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 2027400 corrected.
Bad links in lost chain at cluster 2027401 corrected.
Convert lost chains to files (Y/N)? n
1865888 KB of free disk space added.
Windows is verifying free space...
Free space verification is complete.
Windows has made corrections to the file system.
8,109,600 KB total disk space.
8 KB in 2 folders.
139,308 KB in 29 files.
20 KB in bad sectors.
7,970,212 KB are available.

4,096 bytes in each allocation unit.
2,027,400 total allocation units on disk.
1,992,553 allocation units available on disk.

have you contated the manufacturer? any response?